22. Men were expected to wear mourning clothes as well as women. However, these were not as restrictive, consisting of a black frock coat, black trousers and black waistcoat. However, black arm bands only were acceptable for which group of people?
From Quiz The Man In The Black Suit
Answer:
The military
For anyone serving in the military whose normal dress was uniform it was acceptable for just a black armband to be worn, as full mourning garb would not be allowed. This also applied to others who habitually wore a uniform for work such as the police. However, when not expected to be in uniform the social rules of mourning dress applied, and they would dress in black.
Children were dressed in black mourning clothes, but never for more than a year, and girls' clothes did not include the black veil. Only girls over 17 years of age were expected to wear the full mourning outfit, under that age a simple black dress was sufficient.
Mourning worn by servants depended to a great extent on how wealthy the household was. A wealthy one would supply the servants with full mourning clothes, a less wealthy one would supply black arm bands.